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A. O. DAUGHERTY.

SIDING FOR BUILDINGS.

No. 335,342. Patented Feb. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ALBERT O. DAUGHERTY, OF NORTH BELLE VERNON, PENNSYLVANIA ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND JOHN J. JONES, OF SAME PLACE.

SIDING FOR BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,342, dated February2, 1886.

Application filed September 14, 1885. Serial No. 177,095. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. DAUGHERTY,

of North Belle Vernon, in the county of Westmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theManufacture of Siding for Buildings, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention consists, first, in the peculiar manner of forming thetongue and groove in siding for buildings, so as to present an inclinededge to conduct water from the joint, substantially as hereinafterdescribed second, in sidingfor frame buildings, the tongue and grooveconstructed so as to present, when united, an incline to conduct waterfrom the joint, and chamfered so as to present, when secured to the sideof a building, blocks of stone, substantially as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a fragment of two sides of a building, showing myimproved siding applied thereto and chamfered, so as to represent blocksof stone. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of two pieces of sidingdetached,

showing the tongue and groove united to form the exposed incline toconduct water from the joint, and the chamfer to represent blocks ofstone. Fig. 3 isasingle board in perspective, detached, to show thetongue and inclined shoulder on one edge and the groove and V- shapedlip on the opposite edge; Figs. 4 and 5, detailed views of Fig. 1.

A in the accompanying drawings represents the ordinary siding forbuildings, with my improved tongued and grooved edges to conduct waterfrom the joints, and to represent a series of blocks of stone. One lipof the groove E is made V-shaped, and one shoulder of the tongued edgeis correspondingly beveled or inclined, so that when the tongued andgrooved edges are united on the side of a building they will present agroove, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to imitate blocks of stone, and thebeveled shoulder D, which is partly exposed, will conduct the waterrunning down the side of a building away from the joint.

By this construction of tongue and groove on the edges of siding theV-shaped lip O and the correspondingly inclined or beveled shoulder D,when united to form the siding, will present an incline, to conductwater from the joint, of about forty-five degrees, (more or less,) asdescribed, and will also present the appearance of blocks of stonehaving chamfered edges to form a groove, as represented in Figs. 1 and2.

At any desired distance to imitate the length of a block of stone theboard is grooved perpendicularly or crosswise, as shown also in Figs. 1and 2.

The degree to the incline D and the V-shaped lip 0 may be varied to suitthe different constructors. The corners of the building may be finishedwith corner-blocks B, either flush with the siding, as in Fig. 1, or onthe outside of the siding, as shown in Fig. 4.

In order to closely imitate blocks of stone, the boards may be sandedwith the color of sand to correspond with the particular stone to beimitated.

It is evident that by varying the pitch of 7 the inclines O D theV-shaped chamfer will be wider or narrower, as desired.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, siding for buildings, tongued andgrooved substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereindescribed, consisting of an inclined shoulder on one side of the tongueand a V-shaped 85 lip on one side of the groove to correspond therewith,as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, siding for buildings, tongued andgrooved substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth, whereby aV- shaped horizontal groove is formed, in combination with a series ofgrooves perpendicular or crosswise on the boards to complete theimitation of blocks of stone, substantially as described.

ALBERT O. DAUGHERTY.

Witnesses;

J. C. CUNNINGHAM, DAVID Hrees.

